Old Man Looking Downwards, Old Man Seen from the Front, Profile of an Old Man with a Beard, Old Man in a Striped Robe
Medium
Four etchings on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
122 × 89 mm (image, upper left); 125 × 92 mm (plate, upper left); 130 × 104 mm (image/plate, upper right); 129 × 101 mm (image/plate, lower left); 130 × 101 mm (image/plate, lower right); 545 × 386 mm (sheet)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128378
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · 1727–1804
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) was a Venetian painter, printmaker, and draftsman whose career spanned the twilight of the Rococo era. Born on August 30, 1727, in Venice as the eldest son of the celebrated Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, he worked both in his father's shadow and as a significant independent artist who developed a distinctly earthbound and humanistic vision. Domenico's importance...